Phonograph-table



H. DRAGNER AND L'. 1, HARRIS.

PHoNoGRAPH TABLE. APPLICATION FILED CL 22 1919.

1,388,343. Pantedmg. 23,1921.

' A TTOH/VEY To all/whom t may ooncemf Be it known that we, HENRY Y Louis. J. HARRIS, oitizenswof theUiuted .States .of Anieric'afresidingfat New'njYoi-k city, in .the county of NewlYork and-.State of New ork,"havej4 invented `certaine'new',l -.and; use-ful Improvements inrPhonograph- Ta.bles,`of which. the .following is` arspecifi-- t UVNITEDSTATES- PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY DMGm'nN-n Louis J. HARRIS. `or NEW vom, N. Y.

:. cation.

;Oui vinvention relates. tto.l van iinproved phonograph table# and has reference par-` ticularly Lto means ffoi' controlling the 'action ofthe motor boar'dland thefupper cover opening aiidjclosing of the board during the 1.1i.

table.

The prncipalobject of our invention-:is to facilitate the operations of opening and closing the table, and to vso construct the means adapted to this purpose that the motor board may lbe opened and-closed with? out shocker jar andin its movements will carries'theupper cover board.'

control the' opening and closing of .theupper Cove/L 'x .The prefe'rredform of the invention is illustratively exemplified in the. accompanyinQ` 'drawing inwhichl Fig. 2v is a. substantially central, vertical sectional' view -sliovv-ingthe table in closed.

position; Fig. 3

In thel drawing, the lettera table generallyjwhich` isfprovided coiiipart'ment B,' openfat the front and bot- Av denotesthe tom, desig ne' d"`to receive the moto-rl bOa-rd, the phonograph and the horn, heldthereon.y 10 denotes .what is generally `termed .the motor board, being aboard or shelf on which suspendedl riving the the disk 11y is carried and'havin therebelow the motor '12 for disk. vThe motor board alsofs'upp'orts the tone-arm' C Whichqis designed to travel over the disk 1'1, and the horn orvamp'lifi'er D vwhich 'depends in the chamber Bjbelowthe motorboa'rd. Dependingfroinfthe frontv Vedge of the'motor board lO'is a lower Afront member 13 through whichextends the actuating shaft 14 of the motor carrying at. itsfront end the crank-or winding handle 15.

Mounted in the bottom ofthe. compartment B at opposite sides thereof are pairs of like cleats 16 each of which is designed4 DnAGNrin' and gure 1 is a perspectiveviewof oiirphon'ograph table in open position;

is aiper'ispctive 4'View of a detail;

with a to pivotally receive thefcraiik end of a sub- 'Y stantially vUfshaped rectangular bai'v 17, and von the .under face of the motor board `10 are similar cleatsV 16*l inA which the Aopposite straight .portions ofthe U-bars-1 are pivotally contained. '.It will: be noted, espefcially .from F ig. 1, Ythat there are 4'cleats 0n theunder face ofthe baseboard 10 and I' a like number on the lower ledges B` of the compartmentBl' rSecured to the motoribouid 10 is one end 'ofa oile'd spring 18, the other end thereofl beingsecured vto. one side of chamber'B.v

The spring is'pro'vided to balance the move-l.

ment ofthe motor'boaid 10 during the open-Y ing and closing of the cabinet.

said block serving afs a support for the motor "The upper .cover boardis denoted 20 and yis pivotally carried by a U-sliaped bar 21 ,having short crank arms 2ln each having one'o .its ends bearing-in a side wallof the chamber B.A A block 22 in one of the side walls of the chamber B acts as a stop to limit the moveme-Iitfof the cover 20.

-Secured to one of the lateral edges of'the motor .board 10 intermediate its ends is an angle piece-23, to which is pivotally attached secured tothe upper end of one-of the lataoiineeted to'a second. link 26 adapted to l In one of the sidewalls ofthe chamberB Awe provide 'avblock" 19. in the path of-the motor board,

a sleeveoi' open socket 211, and pivotally Amove about a pivot 26a provided iii-the side wallsof the compartment jB and saidv linkI is guided in the socket 24, carried 'by the jangle member 23 and'motoi board 10.y

The. operation of the structure described is substantially as follows :'-Inv the closed position, as shown in Fig. '2, the. several part-soceupythe `respective positions indicated`fby theV full lines,l while in 't'he open positionthe parts occupyvthe respective po-y sitions indicated by thedot anddash lilies.

Assuming the table. to' be closed, in order to open the4 same pull is exerted on the crank handle v15 whereby the Ufbars 1 7 will rock in the. cleats 16, and these'U-bars' will move substantiallyfin thearc of acircle as the motor board .moves outwardly and downwardly. During this motionA ot the motor moved about its pivot 26 imparting a rela- .board and'guide socket 2 the link 26 will be wall of the chamber B, as shown in full i eliminate all shocks and jars to the phonograph by our construction, and enable the A.20 parts to'be easily. manipulated withoutany tive rearward movement to the link 25 into the dotted line position thereby moving the I crank arms 21 rearwardly and backwardly so as to move the cover board into a position approximately parallel to the upper lines in Fig. 1. -The phonograph table-is thus completely opened and the motor board is firmly supported so that there is substantially no vibration when the phonograph is playing.v To close the table it.- is merely necessary to move the motor vboard rearwardly wherebythe parts will movein' a reverse direction to that abovel described and causing the Several parts to assume the full line position of Fig.' 2. l'

It is especially important to note that we substantial exertion.

What we-claimis y l y 1. A phonograph table havinga partially open compartment therein, a motor board movablysupported in vsaid compartment, pivotally mounted supports for said motor 'board and adapted to sustain the latter in whereby forward and rearward movement of the latter will control the arcuate and lateral movement of the former.

3. A` phonograph table having a'partially open compartment therein, a pair of substantially U-shaped bars pivotally mounted in said compartment, a motor board mounted on said bars, athird U-shaped bar pivoted above'. said 'rst mentioned bars, an

upper cover boardfsupported by saidv third bar,a sleeve pivotally supported by said motor board, a p ivoted link slidablein said sleeve, and a second l-inkpivoted to said first named link and having a connecting means -to saidcover boardwherebmovement of the motor boardwill contro of the-cover board i 4. ,A phonograph table having 'a partially the movement open compartment therein, a `pair of substantially U-shap'ed bars pivotally vmounted y in said compartment, a motor board mount- 4 ed on said bars, a third.- U-shaped bar `pivoted above said irstA mentioned bars, an upper cover board supported by said-third bar, a sleeve pivotally supportedyby said vmotor board, a pivoted link slidable 1n said sleeve, a second link pivoted at one end'to said first named link and having its other end pivoted to said. 4cover board' whereby movement of the motor board will control .the movement of the cover board, a spring for balancing the'epening-and closing movement of the motor board, and stops for the motor board .and cover' board, respectively.

In testimony whereof we have afiixed our signatures.

HENRY DRAGNER.' LOUIS J. HARRIS. 

